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The Government of Guyana has initiated discussions with the diplomatic representatives of Canada and Italy for visa free travel for holders of a Guyana passport to those two countries. On the sidelines of a reception on Monday evening, Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Mark Berman confirmed that the Guyana Government has reached out to the […]
After a two-week hiatus, the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the 2020 Elections recommenced today with key witnesses pointing the Commission to various rooms within the Ashmins Building where the Region 4 Statements of Poll (SOPs) were tabulated. It was in the Ashmins Building that the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM’s) Command Centre and Office of […]
The authorities have suspended three employees of the Demerara Harbour Bridge after the fuel tanker that slammed into the bridge in October, causing major damage, left Guyana without the knowledge of the authorities. While the Court ordered that the ship be released from custody and accepted a letter with an undertaking for the ship company […]
Opposition Member of Parliament Volda Lawrence believes that the country’s public servants will not see any improvements in their standard of living with the recently announced 8% across the board increase by the government. In fact, Ms. Lawrence is predicting that after the lump sum payment to public servants in December, the cost of living […]
Leader of the Alliance For Change Khemraj Ramjattan, today shared the view that the move by the government to adjust some constituency boundaries will cause tremendous problems and will set the stage for massive confusion at the Local Government Elections. Mr. Ramjattan said by adjusting the boundaries, some independent candidates may find it difficult to […]
BP International Limited – a company in the United Kingdom – has been selected to market Guyana’s share of petroleum from the Liza Destiny and Liza Unity vessels. The Government, through the Ministry of Natural Resources, made the announcement on Thursday, explaining that BP International was selected following a competitive procurement process. The UK based […]
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Nigel Dharamlall today announced that the government will be extending some constituency boundaries and revert others to the 2016 local district boundaries for the 2023 Local Government Elections. During a press conference today, the Local Government Minister alleged that many of the boundaries were adjusted for the 2018 […]
The Guyana Teachers Union today issued a call for the President to engage the Teacher’s Union and for the salaries of teachers to also be adjusted. While welcoming the Government’s decision to adjust the salaries for members of the Joint Services, the GTU said it is disappointed that similar adjustments were not given to teachers […]
Leader of the Alliance For Change Khemraj Ramjattan has made it clear that his party is firm that its nine parliamentary seats are safe even as it is gearing up to leave its coalition partner, the APNU by the end of the year. During an interview with News Source today, Mr. Ramjattan said his party […]
More than 8000 members of the Joint Services will benefit from adjustments to their current salaries which will be in addition to the 8% salary increase that was announced for public servants recently. President Irfaan Ali made the announcements today from his Office, indicating that the adjustments will take effect from January of next year […]
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